Biography

Doctor of Philosophy Structural Engineering, University of California, San Diego 2005
Master of Philosophy Civil Engineering, Hong Kong University of Science & Technology 2000
Bachelor of Engineering Building Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai, China 1998

Associate Editor, ASCE Journal of Composites for Construction (2018-current)
Executive Committee Member, International Institute for FRP in Construction (IIFC) (2018-current)
Executive Committee Member, International Conference on Smart Monitoring, Assessment and Rehabilitation of Civil Structures (SMAR) (2019-current)
Council Member, International Institute for FRP in Construction (IIFC) (2018-current)
Editorial Board, ASCE Journal of Composites for Construction (2016-current)
Member, ACI-440 Committee on Fiber Reinforced Polymer Reinforcement (2005-current)
Member, ACI-215 Fatigue of Concrete (2010-current)
Member, AFF80 Standing Committee on Structural Fiber Reinforced Plastics, Transportation Research Board (TRB) (2015-current)
Member, International Institute for FRP in Construction (IIFC) (2005-current)
Member, American Society of Civil Engineering (ASCE)
Member, American Concrete Institute (ACI)
Member, Society for the Advancement of Material & Process Engr. (SAMPE)

2020 Outstanding ASCE Faculty Advisor Award in the State of California (Region 9). Received on June 24, 2021, American Society of Civil Engineers
2020 Outstanding ASCE Faculty Advisor Award, Sacramento Section, California. Received on Oct. 22, 2020, American Society of Civil Engineers
Outstanding Reviewer of ASCE Journal of Composites for Construction (2017), American Society of Civil Engineers
Adviser of Excellence (2015 and 2011), Theta Tau, University of California, Davis, Student Chapter
Hellman Fellow Award (2008-2009), UC Davis
PCA Continuing Education Units Award (2007), the Engineering and Economics of Reinforced Concrete Buildings, Design of Concrete Bridges by the AASHTO LRFD Specifications, Skokie, IL, Portland Cement Association
Outstanding Alumni (2006), Department of Structural Engineering, UC San Diego
ExCEEd 2006 Teaching Fellow (2006), American Society of Civil Engineers
Graduate Research Award (2002) and Simon Wong Graduate Research Award (2004), Jacobs School of Engineering, University of California, San Diego